One's words were a bit hurtful.
But Chen Fan had to admit, it was indeed the truth.
As it stood, the civilization he was in, ruled by God, only had human resources worth mentioning.
But...
Whether in the residential area or the Main Church, he hadn't seen any projects resembling factory assembly lines!
Could it be that the so-called God wanted to turn them into canned meat?
Chen Fan was immediately amused by his bizarre thought.
Damn it, the pressure he'd been under lately was really too great, and he was even having such morbid thoughts.
But this time, One uncharacteristically didn't voice its opinion.
Chen Fan, unaccustomed to the silence in his mind, suddenly realized something.
He swallowed hard:
'There wouldn't really be such Interstellar Civilizations, would there?'
... There are indeed. This unit's database records over a hundred such Interstellar Civilizations.
'How could this be...'
Chen Fan found it difficult to understand this practice for a moment.
These Interstellar Civilizations basically live on planets with extremely scarce resources. To ensure resources are not wasted, even the bodies of their own kind are included in the diet.
Chen Fan took a deep breath, calmed the turmoil in his heart, and stood up from the chair.
Across from him, Gao Yuan was "affectionately" stroking the pages of a book, while silently muttering specific prayers.
Holy crap...
Could this ridiculously over-the-top method actually work?
Chen Fan shivered and broke the eerie silence, "Old Gao."
"I'm done reading, let's go."
Gao Yuan looked up, his eyes staring blankly at Chen Fan.
After a moment, his gaze refocused.
"You're done reading?"
"This, all the books in this entire Library, you've finished reading?!"
Gao Yuan looked at the calm Chen Fan in shock.
"Of course."
Chen Fan smiled and nodded in agreement.
The Intelligent Terminal was in his hand, so the Intelligent Terminal finishing was equivalent to him finishing.
This was very reasonable.
"Hiss..."
Gao Yuan gasped.
What about the amnesia he was supposed to have?
What about asking him for advice on relevant theological common sense?
After this trip to the Library, Gao Yuan even suspected that Chen Fan's theological knowledge reserve had far surpassed his own!
Gao Yuan felt like he was just a heartless "door-opening machine" – his main task was to show his face and let Chen Fan enter the Library.
He pointed a finger at the Varrela Chronicle still spread out on the table and asked somewhat unwillingly, "Isn't there anything you want to ask?"
Chen Fan's eyes moved.
Gao Yuan's words had really hit the nail on the head.
This information baby that only automatically spat out information couldn't be wasted.
There were indeed no clear records in the Church's Library, but that didn't mean there wasn't related information circulating among the people!
"There is indeed a small question I need to ask you."
He looked up and casually scanned the surroundings.
Seeing the God Statue of the Goddess hanging on the wall, Chen Fan swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, "Let's talk about it later."
"Let's leave the Main Church first."
Gao Yuan stared blankly at Chen Fan.
After some contemplation that outsiders couldn't fathom, he suddenly understood: "I get it!"
"Alright, I'll listen to you. Let's leave the Main Church first."
Chen Fan: ?
What do you get now?
After the incident of touching the book pages earlier, Chen Fan had a genuine concern about Gao Yuan's thought process.
"..."
Chen Fan opened his mouth, but for a moment didn't know where to start, so he just waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go..."
When leaving the Library, the Black Robe Priests, as per routine, searched the two God Chosen.
This was to prevent anyone from taking books from the Library outside the Church, causing knowledge to leak.
Knowledge leaking was a minor issue; if someone discovered the truth that the Church deliberately concealed, that would be a major issue!
Therefore, these Black Robe Priests were extra careful during the search.
Although Gao Yuan's face was full of displeasure, due to the Church's rules, he could only endure the priests' offensive actions.
"God Chosen Esteemed One, you may leave."
A Black Robe Priest bowed and said to Gao Yuan in a hoarse voice.
Gao Yuan didn't reply, just left the Library with a cold face.
As for Chen Fan...
Having been searched countless times by security personnel in his previous life, he naturally had no resistance.
To avoid causing trouble, he even actively cooperated with the Black Robe Priests' search actions.
This truly surprised the Black Robe Priests who were working hard for little reward and were full of pent-up frustration.
Indeed, the priests' attitude when speaking improved significantly: "Respected God Chosen Esteemed One, may the Lord be with you."
After leaving the Library, Chen Fan quickened his pace and caught up with Gao Yuan.
Main Church Hall.
To be precise, the East Main Church Hall.
Chen Fan, who had obtained the electronic version of all the scriptures in the Library, had basically figured out the structure and function of the four Main Churches.
The East Main Church was equivalent to the office area for clergy.
The West Main Church was mainly used for various prayer ceremonies.
The South Main Church was the location for implementing divine blessings. In Chen Fan's view, it was an "evil" human body modification laboratory.
The North Main Church...
There were almost no substantial records related to it in the scriptures within the Library, only that it was the Pope's residence.
As for the Pope himself...
Bold!
Was that an existence that scriptures could casually discuss!
Just as Chen Fan was diligently studying the various basic information purified and refined by One, a small black figure appeared abruptly in front of him.
Bang.
Without any surprise, Chen Fan, who was immersed in studying, collided with the black figure.
"Ouch..."
Along with a slight soft impact, a somewhat familiar soft cry came from in front of him.
"Hiss..."
Caught off guard, Chen Fan retreated several steps, finally managing to stand firm.
As for that small black figure...
He...
No, she was already sitting on the ground, and the black hood used to conceal her face had long since been lifted, revealing the delicate face within.
A right eye with a hint of liveliness, a small and straight nose bridge, rosy lips...
Somewhat messy silver long hair was scattered on both sides of her fair cheeks, further highlighting the fragility of this female Priest.
Unlike the several Priests Chen Fan had seen, this Black Robe Priest did not have many areas of Human Body Mechanization Modification on her face – only a part of her left face and left eye had been modified into machinery, while the rest remained flesh and blood.
The delicate features combined with the silver-white metallic luster of the mechanical prosthetics created a strong sense of contrast from within.
This sense of contrast also formed a fatal attraction – who could refuse a cyber beauty with a mechanical eye?
At this moment, Chen Fan suddenly realized a problem.
It turned out he wasn't against Human Body Mechanization Modification.
He was only against modification plans that looked repulsive, or rather, extremely ugly.
It was all about his values following his aesthetics.
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